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• Lead writing, editing, and production of donor impact stories, feature articles, and stewardship narratives for use in annual and special reports.
•  Partner with the Stewardship Officer and Advancement Operations & Scholarships Specialist to transform financial and student impact data into highquality narrative content.
•  Prepare award reporting data packets for use in donor impact reports.
•  Produce digital and print stewardship materials including newsletters, donor profiles, video scripts, and campaign updates.
•  Ensure consistent tone, accuracy, donorcentered messaging, and brand alignment.
•  Maintain organized archives of stewardship communications and historical reporting.

• Develop segmented alumni and donor communications for events, engagement campaigns, and recognition efforts.
•  Create compelling alumni e-newsletters utilizing both existing content and original content to engage alumni in being informed and involved.
•  Collaborate with U Alumni and LAS Communications to craft compelling messaging supporting alumni engagement strategies.
•  Produce eventrelated communications such as invitations, runofshow scripts, speaker briefs, and postevent summaries.
•  Manage digital content updates for LAS donor and alumnirelated web pages.

• Provide communication materials for donor and alumni events, including program copy, biographies, scripts, and promotional language.
•  Capture stories, testimonials, and event highlights to be used in future communications and stewardship messaging.
•  Coordinate with the Donor Relations Officer - Alumni Relations & Events to ensure alignment across engagement channels.

• Partner with LAS Marketing and Communications team to ensure newsletters and email communications are accurate, timely, and aligned with strategic goals.
• Collaborate closely with U Alumni to engage alumni from the College of Humanities, College of Science, and the College of Social and Behavioral Science in university-wide, LAS-wide, and college-level events and initiatives. Support opportunities for volunteerism, mentorship, service programs, affinity activities, and other engagement experiences that strengthen alumni connection and participation across the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

• Contribute communication support to stewardship plans for toptier donors (e.g., customized reports, letters, impact briefs).
•  Provide writing and editing support for acknowledgments and donor correspondence.
•  Participate in donor relations planning discussions to align messaging and strategy.
•  Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Two years of professional experience in communications, marketing, public relations, donor relations, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience producing high-quality written content for external audiences.
• Strong editing, organizational, and project management skills.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and manage multiple deadlines.

• Degree in communications, marketing, journalism, English, public relations, design, or a related field.
• Experience in higher education, nonprofit, or advancement communications.
• Experience developing newsletters, impact reports, email campaigns, or donor-facing materials.
• Familiarity with content management systems, email marketing tools, or basic design platforms (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite).

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